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Google Voice Messages Searchable by Anyone
Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:27 pm
by Sabre
Article
They have since patched this, but as a heads up, here is the article.
Re: Google Voice Messages Searchable by Anyone
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:25 pm
by ElZorro
Yea, it ended up being pretty dumb. People shared the 'private' link to their messages on public forums, which Google (and other search engines) then indexed. Google has a mechanism for sharing the voicemails safely, people just didn't use them.
Re: Google Voice Messages Searchable by Anyone
Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:34 pm
by complacent
proof that there's always room to improve on the caliber of idiot using your service.
you just can't "out-dumb" some folks...